Mimotona wana

Mimotona wana

The ancestor of lagomorphs

Age 

the Middle Paleocene, 62 million years ago

Distribution 

Qianshan, Anhui, China

Taxonomy 

Glires, Duplicidentata

Brief description

Larger than Mimotona; without groove on the anterior surface, cheek teeth square-shaped, less hypsodont than eurymylids, conical cusps with relatively weak crests, where known, the posterior border of anterior root of the zygomatic arch located more anteriorly than in Mimotona

Body size 

medium-sized mimotonidan